sifter

1. A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients.
2. (rare) One who sifts.
3. Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose, so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamellae of the beak.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪftɚ/

Etymology

From sift + -er.

Synonyms

sieve

strainer

screen

riddle

colander

filter

mesh

separator

sizing screen

fan

watermelon

🍉

grain cleaner

mesh screen

grain-cleaning machine

Translations

tamis

passoire

Sieb

cernedor

sito

colador

sitko

crivo

buratto

crible

tamisium

εξετάζων λεπτομερώς

Filter

κοσκινιστής

Strainer